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Peter Wilhousky
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Rusyn composer, music educator, and choral conductor (1902–1978)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Carol of the Bells for Saxophone Quartet
- Carol of the Bells per Quartetto Di Clarinetti
- Carol of the Bells for Clarinet Quartet
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1902
- Active to
- 1978
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 583
- Total plays
- 2,625
Peter J. Wilhousky (1902-1978) was a popular Ukrainian-Carpatho-Rusyn-American composer, educator, and choral director. He was featured on several broadcasts of classical music with Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra, including the historic 1947 broadcast of Verdi's opera Otello. He wrote the English lyrics to the popular "Carol of the Bells". His arrangement of the Battle Hymn of the Republic for Chorus, Band, and Orchestra, is probably the most famous arrangement of the hymn after
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Passaic
- Place of death
- Norwalk
- Occupation
- choir director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Carol of the Bells
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- date of death
- 1978-01-04
- cause of death
- carcinoma
- place of burial
- New Jersey
- date of birth
- 1902-07-06
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Peter Joseph Wilhousky
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